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Jodorowsky’s Dune And The Greatest Films Never Made
Lee Arizuno , October 16th, 2009 12:31

A new exhibition celebrates Alejandro Jodorowsky's ill-fated Dune project, due to star Salvador Dali, Pink Floyd and the future kings of science fiction. Lee Arizuno tells the full, psychomagical story

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David Lynch’s Return of the Jedi

The other Lynch film we all would have liked to see is the third instalment of the Star Wars franchise, which he was reportedly approached to helm. Now, there’s every chance it would have been an overall failure, like the Dune film he ended up making. But just maybe, if he had done Jedi instead and Jodorowsky had done Dune, we’d be living in a very different world.